Hi all
I have just joined this forum and am glad to see a few of my old buddies from the PDS forum in England so of course its a special hello to them but not forgetting everyone else here. I realize I will have to earn my respect here and will introduce myself by way of some prose. Hope you enjoy.

The Winter of my Life

In the winter of my life
The shadows of my past,
seem to be darker and longer.
The clutching grasping fingers of fear
are colder, they seem so much bigger.

In the winter of my life
The creeping, silent invasion of my body
by a cruel and unrelenting disease, is stronger, bolder
more painful.

In the winter of my life
As the demons of the night terrorize me
and the pain in my body threatens to engulf me, I whisper
‘ Jesus, where are you, I’m afraid’
As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
this time it seems to be a bit longer and deeper,

In the winter of my life,
the loneliness seems deafening.
I wonder whether the leaves that the autumn winds tugged off
will ever return.
What will the chill of this season in my life take away?
never to give back.

In the winter of my life,
I wait for my Lord to answer me,
and to whisper in my ear, “It is time.”
But He says, “ Your summer is coming”
and I wait.□